Classification:

Subfamily: Amblyseiinae

Tribe: Typhlodromipsini

Genus: Scapulaseius

Species: Scapulaseius reptans

 
Holotype:

Scapulaseius reptans (Blommers, 1974): 145; Tamatave, Madagascar, on Psidium guajava.

 
Synonyms:
Suspected junior synonym of: Scapulaseius asiaticus (Evans) — Ferragut & Baumann (2019); Scapulaseius asiaticus (Evans) — Kreiter & Abo-Shnaf (2020b);
 
Other Names:
Amblyseius (Amblyseius) reptans (original designation) — Blommers (1974)
Typhlodromips reptans  — Moraes et al. (1986)
 
Distribution:
MADAGASCAR ISLAND: Blommers (1974); Blommers & Gutierrez (1975);
REUNION ISLAND: Quilici et al. (2000);
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Myrtaceae: Psidium guajava — Blommers (1974);
 
Catalog: Moraes et al. (1986); Moraes et al. (2004a); Prasad (2012); Ueckermann & Loots (1988);
Redescription: Chant & McMurtry (2005c); Chant & McMurtry (2007); Kreiter & Abo-Shnaf (2020b); Kreiter et al. (2002b); Kreiter et al. (2018c); Kreiter et al. (2020d);
 
Notes:
- Specimens previously indentified as Scapulaseius reptans (Blommers) in Mauritius (Kreiter et al. 2018c) and  Reunion Island (Kreiter et al. 2020c) were reidentified as Scapulaseius asiaticus (Evans) (Kreiter & Abo-Shnaf, 2020b).;
 

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